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So the news came down yesterday that Jon Stewart will be leaving "The Daily Show" at some not-yet-announced date this year. We can't really begrudge him this. After all, he's been doing it for 16 years. He's won 19 Emmy Awards. His reported annual salary is more than $25 million. If he wants to step back at age 52 and wrap things up, he's certainly earned the right. But that doesn't mean we're happy about this. We're not. It's tempting to say that Stewart's monologues on "The Daily Show" are the sharpest satire that you can find anywhere on TV. It's tempting, but in an odd way,...

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So the news came down yesterday that Jon Stewart will be leaving "The Daily Show" at some not-yet-announced date this year.
We can't really begrudge him this. After all, he's been doing it for 16 years. He's won 19 Emmy Awards....

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The departure of Stewart — who announced on Tuesday that he will exit his signature mock-news program sometime later this year — presents the...

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Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humor into an unlikely source of news and analysis for viewers of "The Daily Show," will leave as host this year, Comedy Central said Tuesday.
His departure was announced by Comedy...